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Noun: inactivity  i,nak'ti-vu-tee
  1. The state of being inactive
    "The factory's inactivity during the strike was costly";
    - inaction, inactiveness
     
  2. A disposition to remain inactive or inert
    "he had to overcome his inactivity and get back to work";
    - inactiveness, inertia
     
  3. Being inactive; being less active
    "The prolonged inactivity during the lockdown affected people's physical and mental health"

Derived forms: inactivities

Type of: act, deed, human action, human activity, state, trait

Antonym: activity

Encyclopedia: Inactivity